“How refreshing---here's a modern, highly-listenable progressive rock effort with a disproportionate amount of acoustic instrumentation that's anchored by solid and dedicated musicianship....and there ain't a hint of the pretentiousness that is almost invariably found within the genre.”----Willie G. Moseley, Senior Writer/Columnist, VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE

With a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, progressive, as well as the quintessential California musical genre surf music, the California Guitar Trio's stunning virtuosity and sly sense of humor have earned them an enthusiastic following and even some notoriety.  Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams of Brussels, Belgium, and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo first met in England at one of Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft Courses in 1987. After completing several of these intensive courses, the three toured worldwide with Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. Wanting to continue working together after the League had run its course, Bert, Paul and Hideyo convened in Los Angeles and founded The California Guitar Trio in 1991, honing their intricate original compositions, surf covers, and classical re-workings. Since their inception, the Trio has released 12 CDs: six studio CDs featuring original works from the CGT and a variety of classics such as Bach’s "Toccata and Fugue" and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Their most recent album Echoes was released in 2008.

"Winning, energetic and highly accessible..." - Los Angeles Times

"A California Guitar Trio performance is like a night at the theater: Drama, passion, humor, joy , pathos, it's all there." - Acoustic Musician Magazine

"Energetic. Eclectic. Frenectic. Dynamic. Guitar music has never sounded quite like this before." - Deseret News

"This group skips merrily among genres...the trio's tongue-in-cheek humour becomes full-blown when it bursts into Ventures-style surf music." - The New York Times

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Nov 21 from Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.
$15 advance, $18 day of show